Pay Taxi Fare By Credit Card In Bangkok

[george]

Pay taxi fare by credit card in Bangkok

BANGKOK: -- Taxi passengers in Bangkok will soon be able to pay their fares with a credit card, making Thailand the first country in South East Asia to use the integrated system that comprises an automatic controller, handheld card reader, printer, meter and dispatch monitor.

The pilot project will be jointly launched soon by credit card company MasterCard, Thailand's Siam City Bank, Suvarnabhumi Taxi Co-operative and the system provider Ingenico International (Thailand).

The alliance believes the new service will be more convenient for passengers, particularly foreign tourists who will no longer have to worry about preparing cash for the taxi fare.

As an added benefit, the system offers tracking by a built-in global positioning system, the Bangkok Post reported on Thursday.

Currently, there are only seven cars offering the service at the Inter Continental Hotel and 26 Bangkok locations, including hospitals, hotels and convention centres.

Passengers will be charged 10 percent extra for the service. Ingenico has already installed the system in 15,000 taxis in Australia, 1,000 in Japan and a few countries in Europe.

--rediff.com 2004-12-23

[raybkk]

They did introduce a simular system in Bangkok 6 years ago. However it was removed from the Taxi's very soon. I remember the lines in the newspapers.

"credit card fraud by taxi drivers"

However that system also intergrated a phone system. You could call from the taxi paying by credit card.

Should the system be protected against credit card fraud it would be a good thing I guess.

Well lets see.

Incase your credit card run out of credit you could always ask the Taxi driver to stop at the Krungsiri "DRIVE-THRU" Banking terminal on Vibhavadi Rd.

[Rinrada]

Passengers will be charged 10 percent extra for the service.

10%.....Yet another RIP OFF.....Taxi fare Soi Cowboy to Washington '@ 42 bt...and a credit card?????....yea keep the change ..pal

[Jeff1]

....yea keep the change ..pal

Keep the change ! He will probally keep the card ! Or at least have record of the number . But look at the bright side you only have to pay $50.00 for stolen credit card bills . However , a closed credit card in Thailand might be fun